If you can have microwave ovens, why not microwave boilers?
A small British firm plans to tryApr 8th 2021DECARBONISING AN ECONOMY is a big job. Coal- and gas-fired power plants must be swapped for wind, solar or nuclear ones. Petrol-driven cars must be replaced by electric versions. Less attention is paid to heating. But in cold countries such as Britain, warming houses, offices and the…
How medicine discriminates against non-white people and women
Apr 8th 2021AT THE PEAK of the coronavirus epidemic in America, hospitals needed to triage patients. Only the sickest were admitted. Others were sent home to self-monitor. One measure used to determine the severity of an individual’s illness was his blood-oxygen level. The devices typically employed to do this, known as pulse oximeters, are easy…
With millions vaccinated, rare side-effects of jabs are emerging
Sorting signal from noiseApr 7th 2021CHRIS WHITTY, England’s chief medical officer, vividly recalls a nerve-racking moment on December 8th 2020. That was the day when England became the first country to roll out a covid-19 vaccine, a jab developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Near midnight on vaccination day one “We were discussing it and just…
A second possible break in the laws of physics has been noted
This time it involves misbehaving muonsApr 7th 2021“WHO ORDERED that?” This was the reaction, famous in particle-physics circles, of Isidor Isaac Rabi to the discovery of the muon. Rabi, a Nobel laureate who helped America develop the atom bomb, was reflecting physicists’ general surprise that muons, which are, to all intents and purposes, just heavy…
A dog park with a bar will open in Buffalo next month
Barkology, near Transit at 4939 Genesee Street, is under construction and will be Buffalo’s first and only outdoor, indoor, dog park, and taproom.A golden doodle named Jack enjoys playing with Nala (his sister) at the dog park, however, his owners typically don’t have as good of a time. Megan Sitarek said: “He would get muddy…
Leaked Facebook Data Includes Zuckerberg’s Own Phone Number
Published on Apr 7, 2021 by AnneHundreds of millions of personal data were accidentally leaked back in 2018. Facebook has experienced bashing, a congressional hearing, and a lot of memeing, but has then since rose from the ashes. It’s a wonder that so many people still use and trust the platform after the issue. The issue…